What is a FAIR-IO

A FAIR-IO (FAIR Image Object) bundle combines acquisition and provenance metadata together with multi-resolution, chunked binary pixel data in a single cloud-compatible format for simplified sharing and re-use. As such, FAIR-IO implements a FAIR Digital Object (FDO, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7824714) as illustrated below.

FAIR-IO is based on the following recommendations for binary (pixel) data and textual metadata.

Recommendations for easily shareable binary data:

Use data formats that store binary data with multiple resolutions in a single cloud-compatible, chunkable format. These enable web-optimised data access and high-performance cloud storage Store data in a public available space accessible via a data specific URL

Example format: OME-Zarr (About | Tools)

Recommendations for easily shareable metadata:

Ensure that the relationship and meaning of the data is clear described or linked Use metadata formats that store metadata in a machine readable form, that means store data in a public available space accessible via a data specific URL

Example formats:JSON-LD (About | Tools), Turtle (About | Tools)